EMINEM

EMINEM

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Birth name Marshall Bruce Mathers III

Also known
Slim Shady
as

October 17, 1972 (1972-10-

Born 17) (age 37)
Saint Joseph, Missouri, U.S.

Origin Warren, Michigan, U.S.

Genres Hip hop

Occupation Rapper, producer, actor,

s songwriter

Years
1995 – present
active

Bassmint Productions
Mashin' Duck Records
Web Ent.
Labels
Interscope Records
Aftermath Ent.
Shady Records

Associate D12, Bad Meets Evil, Dr.

 Dre, 50 Cent, Obie Trice,
d acts
Akon

Website www.eminem.com

Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972),[1] known by his primary
stage name Eminem, or by his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper,
record producer and actor. Eminem quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his
major-label debut album The Slim Shady LP, which won a Grammy Award for
Best Rap Album. The following album, The Marshall Mathers LP, became the
fastest-selling hip hop album in history.[2] It brought Eminem increased
popularity, including his own record label, Shady Records, and brought his
group project D12 to mainstream recognition.
The Marshall Mathers LP and his third album, The Eminem Show, also won
Grammy Awards, and in 2002, he won the Academy Award for Best Original
Song for a song in the film 8 Mile, in which he also played the lead. Eminem
then went on hiatus after touring in 2005. He released his first album since
2004's Encore, titled Relapse, on May 15, 2009. Eminem has sold more than 75
million albums worldwide,[3] and in the United States is the best selling music
artist of the 2000s.[4] Eminem is also ranked in the 100 Greatest Artists of All
Time by Rolling Stone magazine.[5] . He was also named the Best Rapper Ever
By Vibe Magazine.[6]

MUSICAL CAREER
1972–1997: Early life, and Infinite
Marshall Bruce Mathers III was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, the
son of Deborah Mathers-Briggs (née Nelson) and Marshall Bruce
Mathers, Jr.[7] Shortly after his birth, his father abandoned his
family. Until he was twelve, Mathers and his mother moved
between various cities and towns in Missouri (including St.
Joseph, Savannah, Missouri and Kansas City)[8] before moving to
Warren, Michigan, a Detroit suburb. After procuring a copy of
the Beastie Boys album Licensed to Ill as a teenager, Mathers
became interested in hip hop, performing amateur raps at age
fourteen under the pseudonym "M&M" and joining the group
called "Bassmint Productions" and released their first EP called
"Steppin' Onto The Scene". They later changed their name to
"Soul Intent" and around 1995 they released their first single
called "Fuckin' Backstabber" under the record label Mashin'
Duck Records.[1] Although he was enrolled at Lincoln High
School in Warren, he frequently participated in freestyle battles
at Osborn High School across town,[9] gaining the approval of
underground hip hop audiences.[1] After repeating the ninth
grade three times due to truancy,[10] he dropped out of high
school at age 17.[7]
Mathers was initially signed to FBT Productions in 1992, run by
brothers Jeff and Mark Bass. Mathers also held a minimum-wage
job of cooking and dishwashing at the restaurant Gilbert's
Lodge at St. Clair Shores for some time.[11] In 1996, his debut
album Infinite, which was recorded at the Bassmint, a recording
studio owned by the Bass Brothers, was released under their
independent label Web Entertainment.[12] Eminem recalled
"Obviously, I was young and influenced by other artists, and I
got a lot of feedback saying that I sounded like Nas and AZ.
'Infinite' was me trying to figure out how I wanted my rap style
to be, how I wanted to sound on the mic and present myself. It
was a growing stage. I felt like 'Infinite' was like a demo that
just got pressed up."[13] Subjects covered in Infinite included his
struggles with raising his newborn daughter Hailie Jade Scott
while on limited funds and his strong desire to get rich.[14] Early
in his career, Eminem collaborated with fellow Detroit MC Royce
da 5'9" under the stage name Bad Meets Evil.[15] After the
release of Infinite, Eminem's personal struggles and abuse of
drugs and alcohol culminated in his unsuccessful suicide
attempt.[1]
With the release of The Slim Shady EP, Mathers was accused of
imitating the style and subject matter of underground rapper
Cage.[16][17] While promoting the EP, Mathers approached Insane
Clown Posse member Joseph Bruce and handed him a flyer
which implied that the group would make an appearance at the
EP's release party. Bruce refused to appear because Mathers
had not previously approached him for permission to use the
group's name in this way. Taking Bruce's response as a
personal offense, Mathers subsequently attacked the group in
radio interviews.[18][19]
Jimmy Iovine, CEO of Interscope Records, requested a demo
tape of Eminem's after Eminem won second place at the 1997
Rap Olympics. Iovine played the tape for record producer Dr.
Dre, founder of Aftermath Entertainment. The two began
recording tracks for Eminem's upcoming major-label debut The
Slim Shady LP, and Eminem made a guest performance on the
album Devil Without a Cause by Kid Rock.[1] Hip-hop magazine
The Source featured Eminem in its "Unsigned Hype" column in
March 1998.[20]
1998–1999: The Slim Shady LP
According to Billboard Magazine, at this point in his life Eminem
had "realized his musical ambitions were the only way to
escape his unhappy life". After being signed to Aftermath
Entertainment/Interscope Records in 1998, Eminem released in
1999 his first major studio album, The Slim Shady LP, heavily
based on the production by Dr. Dre. The album was, according
to Billboard, "light years ahead of the material he had been
writing beforehand".[21] It went on to be one of the most popular
albums of 1999, going triple platinum by the end of the year.[22]
With the album's popularity came controversy surrounding
many of the album's lyrics. In "'97 Bonnie and Clyde", he
describes a trip with his infant daughter, disposing of the body
of his wife. Another song, "Guilty Conscience", ends with his
encouraging a man to murder his wife and her lover. "Guilty
Conscience" marked the beginning of the powerful friendship
and musical bond that Dr. Dre and Eminem would share. The
two label-mates would later collaborate on a line of hit songs,
including "Forgot About Dre" and "What's the Difference" from
Dr. Dre's album 2001, "Bitch Please II" from The Marshall
Mathers LP, "Say What You Say" from The Eminem Show and
"Encore/Curtains Down" from Encore. Dr. Dre would go on to
make at least one guest appearance on all of Eminem's studio
albums under the label Aftermath.[23]
2000–2001: The Marshall Mathers LP
The Marshall Mathers LP was released in May 2000. It went on
to sell 1.76 million copies in its first week, breaking the records
set by Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle as the fastest-selling hip hop
album and Britney Spears' ...Baby One More Time as the
fastest-selling solo album in United States history.[citation needed] [2]
[24]
The first single released from the album, "The Real Slim
Shady", was a success and created some controversy by
insulting celebrities and making dubious claims about them; he
states, among other things, that Christina Aguilera performed
oral sex on Fred Durst and Carson Daly.[25] In his second single,
"The Way I Am", he reveals to his fans the pressures from his
record company to top "My Name Is" and sell more records.
Although Eminem had parodied shock rocker Marilyn Manson in
the video "My Name Is", the artists are reportedly on good
terms. They performed a remix of the song "The Way I Am"
together in concert.[26] In the third single, "Stan" (which samples
Dido's "Thank You"), Eminem attempts to deal with his new-
found fame, taking on the persona of a deranged fan who kills
himself and his pregnant girlfriend, mirroring "'97 Bonnie &
Clyde" on The Slim Shady LP.[7] Q magazine named "Stan" the
third-greatest rap song of all time,[27] and the song came tenth
in a similar survey conducted by Top40-Charts.com.[28] The song
has since become highly acclaimed and was ranked 290th in
Rolling Stone magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list.
[29]
In July 2000, Eminem became the first white person to be
featured on the cover of The Source magazine.[20]
Music tours that he participated in for 2001 included the Up In
Smoke Tour with rappers Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, and Ice
Cube[30] and Family Values Tour with the band Limp Bizkit.[31]

2002–2003: The Eminem Show

Eminem's third major album, The Eminem Show, was released
in summer 2002 and proved to be another hit for the rapper
reaching number one on the charts and selling well over 1
million copies in its first week of release.[22] It featured the single
"Without Me", an apparent sequel to "The Real Slim Shady", in
which he makes derogatory comments about boy bands, Limp
Bizkit, Moby, and Lynne Cheney, among others. The album
reflected on the impact of his rise to fame, his relationship with
his wife and daughter, and his status in the hip-hop community.
He also addresses the charges he faced over assaulting a
bouncer he saw kissing his wife in 2000. Stephen Thomas
Erlewine of Allmusic felt that while there was clear anger
present on several tracks, this album was considerably less
inflammatory than The Marshall Mathers LP.[32] However, L.
Brent Bozell III, who previously criticized The Marshall Mathers
LP for perceived misogynistic lyrics in the album, noted The
Eminem Show for its extensive use of obscene language, giving
Eminem the nickname "Eminef" for the bowdlerization of
motherfucker, an obscenity prevalent in the album.[33]
2004–2005: Encore
On December 8, 2003, the United States Secret Service
admitted it was "looking into" allegations that Eminem had
threatened the President of the United States.[34] The lyrics in
question: "Fuck money/I don't rap for dead presidents/I'd rather
see the president dead/It's never been said, but I set
precedents ...". The song in question, "We As Americans",
wound up on a bonus CD accompanying the album.[35]
The year 2004 saw the release of Eminem's fourth major album,
Encore. The album was another chart-topper, as it was driven
by the single "Just Lose It", notable for being disrespectful
towards Michael Jackson. On October 12, 2004, a week after the
release of "Just Lose It", Eminem's first single off Encore,
Michael Jackson called into the Los Angeles-based Steve Harvey
radio show to report his displeasure with the video, which
parodies Jackson's child molestation trial, plastic surgery, and
an incident in which Jackson's hair caught on fire while filming a
Pepsi commercial in 1984. The lyrics to "Just Lose It" refer to
Jackson's legal troubles, however he does state in his song "...
and that's not a stab at Michael/That's just a metaphor/I'm just
psycho...." Many of Jackson's supporters and friends spoke out
about the video, including Stevie Wonder, who called the video
"kicking a man while he's down" and "bullshit",[36] and Steve
Harvey who declared, "Eminem has lost his ghetto pass. We
want the pass back."[36] In the video, Eminem parodied Pee Wee
Herman, MC Hammer, and a Blonde-Ambition-touring Madonna.
[37]

Regarding Jackson's protest, "Weird Al" Yankovic, who parodied

the Eminem song "Lose Yourself" on a track titled "Couch
Potato" on his 2003 album Poodle Hat, told the Chicago Sun-
Times, "Last year, Eminem forced me to halt production on the
video for my "Lose Yourself" parody because he somehow
thought that it would be harmful to his image or career. So the
irony of this situation with Michael is not lost on me."[38] Black
Entertainment Television was the first channel to stop airing the
video. MTV, however, announced it would continue airing the
video. The Source, through its CEO Raymond "Benzino" Scott,
wanted not only the video to be pulled, but the song off the
album, and a public apology to Jackson from Eminem.[39] In 2007
Jackson and Sony bought Famous Music LLC from Viacom. This
deal gave him the rights to songs by Eminem, Shakira and
Beck, among others.[40] Despite the comedic theme of the lead
single, Encore had its fair share of serious subject matter,
including the anti-war track "Mosh". On October 25, 2004, a
week before the 2004 U.S. Presidential election, Eminem
released the video for "Mosh" on the Internet.[41] The song
featured a very strong anti-Bush message, with lyrics such as
"fuck Bush" and "this weapon of mass destruction that we call
our president".[42] The video features Eminem gathering up an
army of people, including rapper Lloyd Banks, presented as
victims of the Bush administration and leading them to the
White House. However, once the army breaks in, it is revealed
that they are there to simply register to vote, and the video
ends with the words "VOTE Tuesday November 2" on the
screen. After Bush won the election, the video's ending was
changed to Eminem and the protesters invading while Bush was
giving a speech.[43]
2005–2008: Musical hiatus
In 2005, some industry insiders speculated that Eminem was
considering ending his rapping career after six years and
several multi-platinum albums. Speculation began in early 2005
about a double-disc album to be released late that year,
rumored to be titled The Funeral.[44] The album manifested itself
as a greatest hits album under the name Curtain Call: The Hits,
and was released on December 6, 2005 under Aftermath
Entertainment. In July 2005, the Detroit Free Press broke news
of a potential final bow for Eminem as a solo performer, quoting
members of his inside circle who said that he will begin to fully
embrace the role of producer and label executive. On the same
day of the release of the compilation album, Eminem denied
that he was retiring on Detroit-based WKQI's "Mojo in the
Morning" radio show, but implied that he would at least be
taking a break as an artist, saying "I'm at a point in my life right
now where I feel like I don't know where my career is going ...
This is the reason that we called it 'Curtain Call', because this
could be the final thing. We don't know."[45]
In 2005, Eminem was a subject of Bernard Goldberg's book, 100
People Who Are Screwing Up America; he ranked #58.[46]
Goldberg cited a 2001 column by Bob Herbert of The New York
Times claiming, "In Eminem's world, all women are whores and
he is eager to rape and murder them."[47] The Eminem song "No
One's Iller" from The Slim Shady EP was used by Goldberg as an
example of misogyny in his music.[48]
In summer 2005, Eminem embarked on his first U.S. concert run
in three years, the Anger Management 3 Tour, featuring 50
Cent, G-Unit, Lil' Jon, D12, Obie Trice, The Alchemist, and
others. In August 2005, Eminem canceled the European leg of
the tour and subsequently announced that he had entered drug
rehabilitation for treatment for a "dependency on sleep
medication".[49]
2008–2009: Relapse and Relapse 2
In September 2007, Eminem called into New York radio station
Hot 97 during a 50 Cent interview and said he was "in limbo"
and "debating" about when and if he would release another
album. He said, "I'm always working -- I'm always in the studio.
It feels good right now, the energy of the label. For a while, I
didn't want to go back to the studio ... I went through some
personal things. I'm coming out of those personal things [and] it
feels good."[50]
Eminem made an appearance on his Sirius channel Shade 45 in
September 2008 in which he said, "Right now I'm kinda just
concentrating on my own stuff, for right now and just banging
out tracks and producing a lot of stuff. You know, the more I
keep producing the better it seems like I get 'cause I just start
knowing stuff."[51] It was around this time that Interscope finally
confirmed the existence of a new Eminem album,[52] with
Spring 2009 later being stated as the period span in which the
album is due.[53] In December 2008, he gave more details on the
album, which he recently reported was being titled Relapse. He
said, "Me and Dre are back in the lab like the old days, man.
Dre will end up producing the majority of the tracks on
'Relapse'. We are up to our old mischievous ways ... let's just
leave it at that."[54]
On March 5, 2009, Eminem reported in a press release that he
would be releasing two new albums this year. Relapse, the first
album, was released on May 19, while "We Made You", the first
official single and its music video, were released on April 7.[55].
On October 3, 2009, Eminem appeared once again on Shade 45
with DJ Whoo Kid and announced that Denaun Porter and Just
Blaze were very busy working on Relapse 2 [56].

Shady Records and D12

As Eminem succeeded in multi-platinum record sales,
Interscope granted him his own record label. He and his
manager Paul Rosenberg created Shady Records in late 2000.
He followed this by signing his own Detroit collective D12 and
rapper Obie Trice to the label. In 2002, Eminem signed 50 Cent
through a joint venture between Shady and Dr. Dre's Aftermath
label. In 2003, Eminem and Dr. Dre signed Atlanta rapper Stat
Quo to the Shady/Aftermath roster. DJ Green Lantern, the
former DJ for Eminem, was signed to Shady Records until a
dispute related to the 50 Cent and Jadakiss feud forced him to
depart from the label; he is no longer associated with Eminem.
The Alchemist is now officially Eminem's tour DJ. In 2005,
Eminem signed another Atlanta rapper, Bobby Creekwater, to
his label along with West Coast rapper Cashis.[10]
On December 5, 2006, Shady Records released compilation
album, Eminem Presents: The Re-Up. It started out as a mixtape
but Eminem found that the material was better than expected
and released it as a full album. It was meant to help launch the
new artists under the roster, like Stat Quo, Cashis and Bobby
Creekwater.[57]
Around the time of recording Infinite, Eminem and rappers Proof
and Kon Artis gathered the group of rappers now collectively in
the group D12, short for "Detroit Twelve" or "Dirty Dozen",
performing in the manner of the multi-man group Wu-Tang
Clan.[58] In 2001, Eminem brought his rap group, D12, to the
popular music scene, and the group's debut album Devil's Night
came out that year.[59] The first single released off of the album
was "Shit on You", followed by "Purple Pills", an ode to
recreational drug use. For radio and television, the censored
version "Pills" was heavily rewritten to remove many of the
song's references to drugs and sex and was renamed "Purple
Hills". While that single was a hit, the album's second single,
"Fight Music", was not as successful.[60]
After their debut, D12 took a three-year break from the studio,
later regrouping to release their second album, D12 World, in
2004, which featured the popular hit single release "My Band".
[59]
In April 2006 D12 member Deshaun "Proof" Holton was killed
in a club brawl on 8 Mile Road in Detroit, Michigan, involving
U.S. military veteran Keith Bender Jr., who was killed by Proof.
The eruption is suspected to have been due to an argument
over a game of pool. Proof was then allegedly shot by the
bouncer Mario Etheridge, Bender's cousin. He was taken by
private vehicle to St. John Health's Conner Creek Campus, an
outpatient emergency treatment site, but pronounced dead on
arrival. Eminem and former Detroit Shady Records artist Obie
Trice spoke at the funeral.[61]
D12 member Bizarre said that Eminem is not featured on his
new album Blue Cheese & Coney Island because "he's busy
doing his thing".[62] In a December 2007 interview with the
website DefSounds.com, Bizarre confirmed that the group is
working on its third studio album, tentatively titled The
Ambition, which he said was "halfway finished" at the time of
the interview. Producers include Dr. Dre, Eminem, Luis Resto,
and Hi-Tek.[63]

FEATURINGS AND PRODUCTIONS

Although he typically collaborates with various rappers under Aftermath
Entertainment and Shady Records, such as Dr. Dre, 50 Cent, D12, Eminem has
collaborated with many other artists, including, Redman, Kid Rock, DMX,
Missy Elliott, Jay-Z, Method Man, The Notorious B.I.G., Jadakiss, Fat Joe,
Sticky Fingaz, T.I. and others. Eminem rapped a verse in a live performance of
Busta Rhymes' "Touch It" remix at the 2006 BET Music Awards on June 27,
2006. Eminem was featured on Akon's single "Smack That" which appeared on
Akon's album Konvicted.
Eminem is also an active rap producer. Besides being the executive producer of
D12's two albums, Devil's Night and D12 World, he has executive produced
Obie Trice's Cheers and Second Round's on Me as well as 50 Cent's Get Rich or
Die Tryin' and The Massacre.[64] In addition, Eminem has produced and
appeared on several songs by other famous rappers, such as Jadakiss' "Welcome
To D-Block", Jay-Z's "Renagade" and "Moment of Clarity" Lloyd Banks' "On
Fire", "Warrior Part 2", and "Hands Up", Tony Yayo's "Drama Setter", Trick
Trick's "Welcome 2 Detroit", and Xzibit's "My Name" and "Don't Approach
Me".[65] Most of The Eminem Show was produced by Eminem himself, with co-
production from longtime collaborator Jeff Bass.[66] He split the production with
Dr. Dre on Encore. In 2004, Eminem was the Executive Producer of 2Pac's
posthumous album Loyal to the Game with 2Pac's mother Afeni Shakur.[67] He
produced the UK #1 single "Ghetto Gospel" which featured Elton John.[68] He
has produced "The Cross" off Nas's album God's Son.[69] On August 15, 2006,
Obie Trice released Second Round's on Me. Eminem produced 8 tracks on the
album. He was featured in the song "There They Go".[70] Eminem produced
some tracks on the new Trick Trick album, The Villain. He is also featured in
"Who Want It".[71]
ACTING CAREER
Although he had a brief cameo in the 2001 film The Wash, Eminem made his
official Hollywood acting debut with the semi-autobiographical 8 Mile, released
in November 2002. He has said the movie is not an account of his life, but a
representation of growing up in Detroit. He recorded several new songs for the
soundtrack, including "Lose Yourself", which won an Academy Award for Best
Original Song in 2003. However, the song was not performed at the ceremony,
due to Eminem's absence at the ceremony. His collaborator, Luis Resto, who co-
wrote the song, accepted the award.[72]
Eminem has participated in various voice acting roles. Some of these include the
video game 50 Cent: Bulletproof, where he voices an aging corrupt police
officer that speaks in Ebonics and guest spots on the Comedy Central television
show Crank Yankers, and a web cartoon called The Slim Shady Show, which has
since been pulled off-line and is instead sold on DVD.[73]
Eminem will star in the upcoming film, Have Gun – Will Travel, in which he
will play a bounty hunter known as "Paladin". He will also be involved in either
the soundtrack or scoring.[74] He was also in the running for the part of David
Rice in 2008's film Jumper after Tom Sturridge was dropped just 2 weeks before
filming. Concerns over not having a more prominent actor prompted the
director, Doug Liman, to consider other actors for the role. Hayden Christensen
was eventually selected over Eminem.[75]

MEMOIR
On October 21, 2008, Eminem released a tell-all autobiography titled
The Way I Am, which details his struggles with poverty, drugs, fame,
heartbreak and depression, along with stories about his rise to fame
and commentary on past controversies.[76]

PERSONAL LIFE

FAMILY
Marshall Mathers has often been subject of much scrutiny as a rapper as well in
his personal life.[24] He was married twice to Kimberley Anne Scott, whom he
met in high school. They began their on-and-off relationship in 1989, getting
married by 1999. Their first divorce was in 2001.[77] In 2000, Scott attempted
suicide and sued the rapper for defamation after he depicted her violent death in
his song "Kim".[77][78] They remarried in 2006 but divorced again less than three
months later, agreeing to share custody of their daughter, Hailie Jade Scott (born
December 25, 1995).[77][77][78][79] Hailie Scott has often been referenced or featured
on various songs of Eminem, such as "'97 Bonnie & Clyde", "Hailie's Song",
"My Dad's Gone Crazy", "Mockingbird", "Forgot About Dre", "Cleanin' Out My
Closet", "When I'm Gone", "Deja vu", and "Beautiful".
Mathers adopted two other daughters: Alaina, the child of Kimberley Scott's
sister,[77] and Whitney, Eminem's step daughter.

LEGAL TROUBLES
In 1999 Mathers' mother sued him for around US$10 million over
alleged slander about her in his lyrics regarding The Slim Shady LP;
she won only about US$1,600 in damages in 2001.[80]
Mathers was arrested on June 3, 2000 during an altercation at a car
audio store in Royal Oak, Michigan, with Douglas Dail, where he
pulled out an unloaded gun and kept it pointed at the ground.[81] The
following day, in Warren, Michigan, he allegedly saw his then wife,
Kim, kiss bouncer John Guerrera in the parking lot of the Hot Rock
Café so he assaulted him.[77][78][81] He was given two years probation
for both the episodes.[82]
In the summer of 2001, Mathers' legal troubles continued, as he was
given probation on weapons charges that stemmed from an argument
with an employee of Psychopathic Records, giving him a fine around
$2,000 as well as several hours of community service.[83]
in 2007 Eminem's music publishing company Eight Mile Style LLC
together with Martin Affiliated LLC filed suit against Apple, Inc and
Aftermath Entertainment claiming Aftermath did not have the
appropriate authority to negotiate a deal with Apple for digital
downloads of 93 songs by rapper Eminem on Apple's iTunes service.
[84][85][86]
The case against Apple went to trial in late September 2009
and was settled a few days later.[87]

DRUG ISSUES
His group-mate Proof from D12 stated that Mathers "sobered up" in 2002 from
drug and alcohol dependence.[88] However, he did turn to zolpidem sleeping pills
for relief from sleeping troubles. This caused Mathers to cancel the European leg
of the Anger Management Tour in August 2005 and eventually go into rehab for
treatment for a "dependency on sleep medication".[49][89] In a 2009 interview with
British talk-show host Jonathan Ross, Mathers admitted that at the height of his
addiction, he considered suicide, saying that "I just wasn't taking care of myself,
at times I wanted to just give it up."[90] He also confirmed that he is now sober,
commenting that "[R]ap was my drug ... Then I had to resort to other things to
make me feel that. Now rap's getting me high again."[90]

CONFLICT WITH MARIAH CAREY

Eminem has written several songs referring to a relationship with pop singer
Mariah Carey, although she denies the claim.[91] Songs Eminem has referenced
her on include "Superman", "Jimmy Crack Corn", "Bagpipes From Baghdad",
and "The Warning". While "Superman" was released in 2003, Carey released a
song entitled "Clown" on her Charmbracelet album, released around the same
time, which makes similar references in line with her 2009 hit "Obsessed".
Eminem's "Bagpipes From Baghdad" from his album Relapse may be his best
known Carey diss due to the controversy it caused. The song calls out Mariah
and husband Nick Cannon's relationship.[92] Cannon responded to Eminem by
saying his career is based on "racist bigotry", and that he would get revenge on
Eminem, joking that he may return to rapping.[93] Eminem later stated that the
couple misinterpreted the track and it was wishing the two the best.[92] Cannon
also stated that there were no hard feelings, and that he just had to express his
feelings about the song.[94]
In 2009 Carey released "Obsessed" in which she sings about an obsessed man
who claims to be having a relationship with her.[95] Cannon claimed that the song
was not an insult directed at Eminem.[96] Eminem then released a track in late
July 2009 titled "The Warning" which was a direct insult at Mariah and Nick,
 and contained samples of a voice which is either Carey's, or a very good voice
actress (Eminem does not tell the listener).[97]

DISCOGRAPHY

Studio albums Compilations

• The Slim Shady LP (1999)
• The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
• The Eminem Show (2002)
• Encore (2004)
• Relapse (2009)
• Relapse 2 (2009)
• 8 Mile (2002)
• Curtain Call: The Hits (2005)
• Eminem Presents: The Re-Up
(2006)

FILMOGRAPHY

YEAR FILM ROLE NOTES

DA HIP HOP
WITCH

HIMSELF

UP IN SMOKE
2000
TOUR

THE SLIM
VARIOUS
SHADY SHOW

2001 THE WASH CHRIS UNCREDITED

2002 8 MILE JIMMY "B-RABBIT" ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST ORIGINAL

SMITH, JR. SONG
MTV MOVIE AWARD FOR BEST VIDEO
FROM A FILM – LOSE YOURSELF
MTV MOVIE AWARD FOR BEST MALE
PERFORMANCE
MTV MOVIE AWARD FOR BEST
BREAKTHROUGH MALE PERFORMANCE
ASCAP AWARD FOR MOST PERFORMED
 SONG FROM A MOTION PICTURE – LOSE
YOURSELF
CRITICS CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST
SONG – LOSE YOURSELF
TEEN CHOICE AWARD FOR CHOICE
MOVIE ACTOR - DRAMA/ACTION
ADVENTURE
TEEN CHOICE AWARD FOR CHOICE
MOVIE BREAKOUT STAR - MALE
BMI FILM AWARD FOR MUSIC
BMI FILM AWARD FOR MOST
PERFORMED SONG FROM A FILM – LOSE
YOURSELF
NOMINATED – GOLDEN GLOBE FOR BEST
ORIGINAL SONG FROM A MOTION
PICTURE – LOSE YOURSELF
NOMINATED – CFCA AWARD FOR MOST
PROMISING PERFORMER
NOMINATED – GOLDEN SATELLITE FOR
BEST ORIGINAL SONG – LOSE YOURSELF
NOMINATED – OFCS FOR BEST
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
NOMINATED – PFCS FOR BEST ORIGINAL
SONG – LOSE YOURSELF
NOMINATED – GRAMMY FOR BEST SONG
WRITTEN FOR A MOTION PICTURE,
TELEVISION OR OTHER VISUAL MEDIA –
LOSE YOURSELF

50 CENT: THE
2003 HIMSELF
NEW BREED

CRANK
2004 BILLY FLETCHER TV GUEST ROLE; VOICE
YANKERS

ROCK AND
ROLL HALL OF
FAME HIMSELF INDUCTED RUN-D.M.C.
INDUCTION
2009 CEREMONY

FUNNY
HIMSELF CAMEO
PEOPLE

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

Eminem has won many Grammy Awards, been praised for
having "verbal energy", high quality of lyricism and been
ranked at number nine on MTV's list of The Greatest MCs of All
Time,[99][100] number 1 on the MTV's "Hottest MC of 2009"[101] and
number 82 on Rolling Stone's "The Immortals".[102] In 2008, the
readers of Vibe Magazine voted him "The Best Rapper Alive".[103]
He was also named "Best Rapper Ever" taking down all
opponents very easily in a poll which was conducted by music
fans on the Vibe website.
Ironically, "The Real Slim Shady", one of the songs from his first
Grammy-winning album, The Marshall Mathers LP, slammed the
Grammy Awards in its second verse, and stated the opinion that
negative feelings about his material would keep him from ever
winning one.